• Plainfield Curling Club hosts open house Oct. 3

    Anyone who has ever wanted to try a sport that has been featured during coverage of the last two Winter Olympics will have that opportunity on Oct. 3 from 2-6 p.m. when New Jersey’s only dedicated curling facility hosts an open house. Eric Blassneck is the membership chair at the Plainfield Curling Club. He started…

  • Fall sports back in action at Allentown High School

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When the heavy rains tapered off Sept. 12, the Allentown High School Redbirds took the opportunity to shine. Allentown High School cheerleading co-captain Hailey Meirs leads the squad during an intra-squad scrimmage at the high school on Aug. 24. The boys soccer team won its opening game, defeating Pinelands Regional…

  • New initiatives at UFRSD

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Students are back in school, and this school year rang in with several changes. Louise San Nicola, the Upper Freehold Regional School District’s public information officer, gave a report on the 2009-10 district initiatives. Among the initiatives is the implementation of electronic curriculum mapping to facilitate the “journey…

  • Millstone Twp. rings in new school year

    School officials say last year’s busing issues seem resolved BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Township schools hummed with the sounds of children experiencing their first day of school on Sept. 8. Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said the first few days of the new school year have gone well. “We were thrilled…

  • Locals discuss views on health care reform

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Health care reform is one of the hotbutton topics in the nation right now, arousing strong opinions from all sides of the issue. The Examiner asked local residents their views on health care reform, and how best to address it. Millstone’s Evan Maltz: When you take into consideration the primary…

  • Don’t let an AARP member think for you

    Iam a member of AARP. The recent letter by the so-called “Volunteer Grassroots Coordinator AARP” appalled me. It was my impression that AARP did not have a stand in the debate on the over 1,000-page House bill regarding health care reform. If they have one, what is it? I cannot find a position on AARP’s…

  • Get involved during Hunger Action Month

    September is national Hunger Action Month, which is a nationwide call-to-action effort to mobilize people everywhere to get involved with ending hunger in America. One in eight Americans struggles with hunger. That’s why The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and Feeding America are asking everyone to take action during Hunger Action Month. Throughout September,…

  • Wilson took page from Manalapan’s playbook

    Coda • GREG BEAN It looks like South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilsonwasn’t listening when I called for an end to rude behavior a few weeks ago. By now, everyone’s heard about the moment when Wilson — forgetting that he was in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives instead of in Britain’s House…

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